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1954 Cork Senior Football Championship

1954 Cork Senior Football Championship

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The 1954 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 66th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round of the championship took place on 24 January 1954. The championship ran from 21 March to 3 October 1954.

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Collins entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 3 October 1954, St. Nicholas' won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-03 defeat of Clonakilty in the final.[1] This was their third championship title and their first title since 1941.

Results

First round

21 March 1954 First round Carrigdhoun 1-01 - 3-09 St. Vincent's Carrigaline Grounds
21 March 1954 First round Garda 3-01 - 2-04 Glanmire Riverstown Sportsfield
21 March 1954 First round Avondhu 1-02 - 5-05 St. Finbarr's Páirc Mac Gearailt
21 March 1954 First round Muskerry 0-02 - 2-04 Clonakilty Bandon Grounds
S O'Sullivan 0-1, Byrne 0-1. J Adams 1-1, S Collins 1-0, K McCarthy 0-1, J Lyons 0-1, M Ryan 0-1.
4 April 1954 First round Duhallow 0-02 - 3-07 Collins Kanturk Grounds
4 April 1954 First round Millstreet 1-04 - 2-08 University College Cork Coachford Sportsfield
4 April 1954 First round Carbery 0-05 - 1-07 Macroom Sam Maguire Park
11 April 1954 First round Beara 0-11 - 1-03 Bandon Wolfe Tone Park
2 May 1954 First round Seandún 3-03 - 1-03 Imokilly Carrignafoy Grounds
2 May 1954 First round St. Nicholas' 2-07 - 0-07 Lees The Mardyke
J Clifford 1-2, V Dorgan 1-1, J Lynam 0-2, D Creedon 0-1. P O'Shea 0-4, N Duggan 0-1, P O'Donovan 0-1, M Shine 0-1.
2 May 1954 First round Canovee 1-10 - 0-01 Castlemagner Millstreet Grounds
30 May 1954 First round replay Garda 1-08 - 1-01 Glanmire Cork Athletic Grounds
  • Fermoy received a bye in this round.

Second round

16 May 1954 Second round Macroom 2-06 - 0-04 Seandún Coachford Sportsfield
J Creedon 1-1, E Downey 1-1, M Goold 0-1, J Galvin 0-1, J Murphy 0-1. T Furlong 0-2, B Murphy 0-1, K Kelly 0-1.
16 May 1954 Second round St. Nicholas' 2-06 - 0-08 University College Cork Cork Athletic Grounds
S Daly 2-2, D Creedon 0-2, V Dorgan 0-1, J Lynam 0-1. P Sheehy 0-4, J Brosnan 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, S O'Donnell 0-1.
6 June 1954 Second round St. Vincent's 3-05 - 1-04 Canovee Coachford Sportsfield
13 June 1954 Second round Garda 2-07 - 2-05 Beara Rossa Park
19 June 1954 Second round St. Finbarr's 3-06 - 1-08 Collins The Mardyke
27 June 1954 Second round Fermoy 1-02 - 1-13 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds

Quarter-finals

1 August 1954 Quarter-final Macroom 1-07 - 1-07 St. Finbarr's Caochford Sportsfield
Referee: M Barrett
8 August 1954 Quarter-final Clonakilty 0-06 - 0-04
(declared void)		 Garda
22 August 1954 Quarter-final replay Macroom 1-09 - 2-04 St. Finbarr's Coachford Sportsfield
12 September 1954 Quarter-final replay Clonakilty 1-09 - 0-06 Garda Castle Grounds
D Cullinane 1-0, J Adams 0-3, J Lyons 0-2, Moriarty 0-2, B Kingston 0-1, Collins 0-1. S Keevans 0-3, P Lyons 0-1, Monaghan 0-1.

Semi-finals

30 July 1954 Semi-final St. Nicholas' 2-04 - 1-04 St. Vincent's The Mardyke
J Hartnett 1-0, D O'Sullivan 1-0, D Creedon 0-1, D O'Donovan 0-1, V Twomey 0-1, C Ring 0-1. E Prendergast 1-0, C O'Shea 0-1, J Coughlan 0-1, J O'Callaghan 0-1, B O'Shea 0-1.
19 September 1954 Semi-final Clonakilty 1-05 - 1-02 Macroom Cork Athletic Grounds
J Adams 1-2, T Moriarty 0-3. J O'Callaghan 1-0, P O'Leary 0-1, M Murphy 0-1.

Final

3 October 1954 Final St. Nicholas' 2-11 - 0-03 Clonakilty Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
F Daly 2-1, D Creedon 0-6, C Ring 0-3, J Twomey 0-1. J Adams 0-1, T Moriarty 0-1, B Kingston 0-1. Attendance: 14,910
Referee: T Cotter (Bantry)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. [1]
    "Club History". St. Nick's GAA website. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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